ORDER 58. CUCURBITACE.E. 129 



3 parietal placentae. Styles 3, distinct. Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Seedc 

 albuminous, strophiolate. 



TURNER A, L. Calyx campanulate. Styles 3. Stigmas 2-5- oo- 

 partcd or fringed. Caps, of 3 valves separating to the base. Herbs pubes- 

 cent or tomentous. Flowers on jointed pedicels, yellow. (Piriqueta, Aub.) 



1 T. cistoides L. Hairy, erect ; Ivs. lanceolate, obtuse, denticulate ; the upper bract- 



like, shorter than the peduncles ; pet. obovate, cor. 1'. Dry. S. If. June, July. 



2 T. tomentosa. Tomentous ; Ivs. oblong (I 7 ), longer than the peduncles. Fla. If. 



3 T. glabra (Chapm.) Smooth, branched ; ped. 23 times longer than lin. Ivs. Fla. 



ORDER LVII. PASSIFLORACE^. PASSIONWORTS. 



Plant* often woody, climbing by tendrils, with alternate leaves and leafy 

 stipules. Flowers perfect, 5-parted. Calyx tubular, the throat crowned 

 with several rows of sterile filaments, and the corolla above them. Sta- 

 mens 5, monadelphous, sheathing the stipe of the ovaiy. Fr. fleshy, oo- 

 seeded. Figs. Ill, 112, 348. 



FASSIFLORA, L. PASSION-FLOWER (i. e., emblematic of our Saviour's 

 passion). Cal. colored, deeply 5-parted, the throat with a complex fila- 

 mentous crown. Ov. raised on a stipe. Stig. 3, with 5 large anthers. Fr. 

 a pulpy berry. " ^ Fls. large, wonderful and beautiful. May July. 



1 p. lutea L. Lvs. glabrous, cordate, 3-lobed, obtuse ; petioles glandless ; ped. mostly 



in pairs ; pet. gr.-yel., narrower and much longer than sep. y. Woods, O., and S. lOf. 



2 P. Incarnata L. Lvs. deeply 3-lobed, serrate ; petioles with 2 glands above ; in- 



volucre 3-leaved ; crown triple, roseate, il Dry fields, Va. to Fla. 20 30f. Pet. wh. 



3 P. CCERULEA. Shrubby ; Ivs. palmately 5-parted, entire ; in vol. 3-bracted ; petioles 



glandular ; pet. longer than the crown, blue, purple, and white. Brazil. Not hardy 



ORDER LVIII. CUCURBITACE.E. CUCURBITS. 



Herbs succulent, creeping or climbing by tendrils, with alternate leaves. 

 Flowers monoecious or polygamous, never blue. Calyx 5-toothed, adherent. 

 Petals 5, often united, inserted on the calyx. Stamens 5, generally cohering 

 in 3 sets. Anthers united, contorted. Ovary 1-celled, with 3 parietal pla- 

 centas often filling the cells. Fruit a pepo or membranous. Seeds flat, with 

 no albumen, often arilled. Figs. 186, 476, 482. 



Corolla white, a 6-cleft. Stigmas 2. Fruit ecbinate ECHINOCYSTIS. 



5-petalled. Pepo smooth, many-seeded LAGKNAKIA. 



-a 5-parted. Berry smooth, few-seeded BRYONIA. 



a5-lobed. Fruit prickly, 1-seeded SICYOS. 



| Corolla yellow, b 5-lobed. Berry small, smooth, QO-seeded MELOTHRIA. 



b 5-lobed. Pepo large. Seeds thick at edge CCCURBITA, 



b 5-cleft. Pepo large, c Seeds colored, thick-edged CITRULLTTS. 



c Seeds white, acute-edged CUCUMIS. 



1. ECHINOCYSTIS, T. & G. Flowers e. Calyx of 6 filiform-subu- 

 late segments, shorter than the corolla. Petals 6, united at base into a ro- 

 tate-campanulate corolla. $ Sta. 3, diadelphous. ? Abortive fil. 3, dis- 



